Posted November 17, 2024 05:31am
(KNZA)--A Friday evening three-vehicle Jefferson County crash sent two people to the hospital.
The Kansas Highway Patrol says it happened on K-4 Highway, 1.5 miles south of Meriden, around 6:30.
According to the KHP report, a southbound car driven by 75-year-old Gordon Smith, of Ozawkie, was stopped on K-4 waiting to turn onto 62nd Street when it was rear-ended by a southbound pickup truck driven by 21-year-old Brayden Adams, of Meriden. The pickup then crossed into the northbound lane where was struck by a third vehicle.
Smith and Adams were both transported to a Topeka hospital with suspected minor injuries.
The driver of the third vehicle and a passenger, both from Pennsylvania, were not hurt.
The Patrol says all the occupants were wearing seat belts when the wreck occurred.